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Jacob Groopman

Jacob Groopman Acoustic Send email to Jacob Groopman	Originally from Richmond Virginia, Jacob moved to the San Francisco bay area in 2004 after graduating from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music with a degree in Jazz Studies. Since then he has established himself as a highly sought after player and teacher. Playing with a wide variety of bands from bluegrass to world music to rock and roll Jacob has toured nationally and internationally with bands playing festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Outside Lands and SF Jazz winning awards like Best Band of the East Bay and The National Bluegrass Playoffs. He is a well rounded and extremely diverse musician with the ability to play and teach from professional experience a wide variety of instrumental styles on the acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin and electric bass. Jacob has taught privately for years around the East Bay in private homes and at The 5th String music store in Berkeley. His lesson studio has always welcomed students of all ages, backgrounds and musical interests. He also brings extensive experience working with kids. While a counselor at Camp Rockmont in North Carolina, he founded the guitar instruction program that still exists today. For the last five summers he has traveled to Alaska to the Cordova 4H Bluegrass music camp teaching group classes on guitar and mandolin and coaching a kid band. From 2007-2010 Jacob worked at The Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera teaching in the after school music program where he maintained a studio of around 20 students from 1st to 8th grade and coached a variety of kid rock bands. Since then he has maintained a private studio around the East Bay, Marin and out of his wonderful home studio in Richmond.
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